Wednesday, August 31, 2011

I was scheduled to take a train trip out to Salt Lake City. Unfortunately there was an accident on that line last week and they shut down the route to make some repairs. So with some last second scrambling I ended up taking the train to San Antonio instead. San Antonio may not be the place you want to visit in late August. It was 110 degrees the day I arrived and cooled down to 107 degrees the day I had to time to do stuff. Visiting one of the old missions was interesting but I was very glad to see the three boyz's faces when I finally got home.

Saturday, August 27, 2011

I started packing up my knapsack for a short trip. This of course got Diego-san's attention and I tried comforting him with the news that this likely will be the last trip I take this year. That didn't seem to matter to him much...

Thursday, August 25, 2011

Last week we featured the sweet sound of Thompson snoring. This week we thought we'd give him a chance to regale everyone with his version of the song, "Me and My Shadow." Go ahead Thompson... Thompson?

Wednesday, August 24, 2011

If he had access to a mountain, Diego-san's mountain lion impression might be even more impressive, but just having access to a ledge next to the stairs, his ferocious mountain lion impression is still pretty darn good.

Tuesday, August 23, 2011

This is our 2000th post! The boyz and I want to thank all of you who read about their exploits on a daily basis. When we started bloggin' all those years ago we never dreamt that we'd still be going 2000+ days later.

Friday, August 19, 2011

You have to turn your volume up all the way and it helps to listen through headphones, but this video captures the cute sound of Thompson snoring. Given the preceding instructions you may not believe it, but his snoring was so loud that Diego-san was looking at Thompson as if to wonder if his buddy was OK...

Thursday, August 18, 2011

One of my first jobs was bagging groceries. It still remains one my favorite jobs I've ever had because it was really satisfying when I'd come up with the perfectly arranged bag of groceries (cans on the bottom, cereal boxes on the side to provide a nice stable side, and eggs and bread on top) for a customer. I'm not sure I ever was able to create a bag this perfect though...

Monday, August 08, 2011

Sunday, August 07, 2011

Played in our end of the season all day softball tournament. It's a double elimination tournament meaning the team plays until it loses two games. We lost our first game at 8 a.m. and had to keep playing the rest of the day as we won our next three before losing our last game at 4 p.m. My legs are going to be sore for the rest of the week.

The boyz were a bit anxious about the change to their schedule and to see the old man hobble home...

Friday, August 05, 2011

While in Memphis we made sure to go and see the march of the ducks at the Peabody Hotel. During the anticipation for the march to begin I kept thinking I could probably teach the boyz to march down a red carpet and jump into a big sandbox. I'm not sure they'd be too keen on doing it every day in front of hundreds of people though.

Wednesday, August 03, 2011

Took the train to Memphis to go and see Bob Dylan perform. It was the 40th Dylan concert I've been to. I just wish I could see him again tomorrow...As much as I wish the boyz could have come with me, I'm not sure they would like his concerts any more than the ones they hear from me every night...